The fact that the government refuses to sell these, and insists instead on destroying them, demonstrates that these self-identified "fiscal conservatives" are, and always were, lying through their teeth.
hulitu · 1d ago
> The fact that the government refuses to sell these, and insists instead on destroying them,
Who, do you think, will buy contraceptives at government prices ?
yellowapple · 17h ago
Even selling them at a loss would save more money than destroying them entirely, especially when there are indeed organizations willing to cover the costs to take them off the US government's hands:
> An organization called MSI Reproductive Choices said it and other funding partners had offered to pay for the shipping and repackaging of the USAID-branded supplies, but that the US government turned down the offer.
foxyv · 1d ago
I think in a sane world we would at least distribute them to hospitals and family planning clinics in the states for low income households.
Who, do you think, will buy contraceptives at government prices ?
> An organization called MSI Reproductive Choices said it and other funding partners had offered to pay for the shipping and repackaging of the USAID-branded supplies, but that the US government turned down the offer.